Folding chair



(No Model.)

E. O. FLINT.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Patented Jan, L0, 1882.,

"VEJVTOR- j zzni Zar G flllarneys' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EBER o. FLINT, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.252,204, dated January 10,1882. Application filed September 16,1881. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBER O. FLINT, a cit zen of the United States of America, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

referen ce being had to the accompan yin gdraw' ings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification. n

' This invention has relation to improvements on Letters Patent for folding chairs granted to me on the17thday oftM-ay, 1881, and numbered 241,533; and it consists in the novel construction andarrangement' of the same, whereby the chair may be arranged and locked for sitting purposes, as well as foldrd to occupy a small space in storing or when shipping, all of which will be hereinaftermore fully explained.

he annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of my improved chair. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalsectional view of the same, taken through line 3 y. Fig. 3 represents aside view of the chair folded. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 represent detail views of parts of the same.

A designates the chair, which is composed of front and rear legs, a a, and back a pivoted at c where the legs cross each other. The seat a is pivoted at a to the upper and forward end ot'the legs a a, and between the same,

while the opposite end is free and is provided with projections Z1 b on each side to engage and rest within grooves b b onthe inner face of the sides of the hack. Said seat is further provided on one side with a notch, b that engages a springfastening, B, that is secured at one end to the inner side of the chair, while the other end of said spring is free and bent atright angles to form a point, 11 that enters a perforation iasaid chair, and on the oppoa a, at the same time said seat is firmly but removably locked by means of the spring-fastening engagingthe notch PM the side ofsaid seat, as shown in the drawings.

When it is desired to fold the chair the spring-fastening is pressed outwardly, which disengages the same from the notch b gand the forward end of the seat is thrown rearwardly, thus removing the projections b b from the grooves, and at the same time the seat rests on and is guided by the pin b until the chair is folded,when the projections 11 b will rest in notches b 0' made on the lower inner faces of the chair-legs a a, thereby permitting the seat, when folded, to be within the framework or legs of the chair.

The chair is braced and connected bv the usual rounds, b b, in the lower part thereof.

It will'also be seen that a chair constructed as described is simple in operation, durable, and cheap to manufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The folding chair herein described, consisting of the front and rear legs, a a, pivoted together at a and the seat a, the seat having projections b and notch b and pivoted to the upper ends of the rear legs, the front legs being provided with notches b and spring-fastening B, all combined and arranged as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

i EBER G. FLINT.

Witnesses:

JAS. W. CLARK, M. P. HUGHES. 

